Australian singles chart:
Rich Girl entered the Australian singles chart* on 11 April 1977 peaked at #6. It was #51 on the Top 100 of 1977.
Album:
The song is on Bigger Than Both of Us which entered the Australian albums chart* on 25 April 1977 and peaked at #23.
Songwriter:
Daryl Hall
Producer:
Christopher Bond
Record label of Australian release:
RCA Victor
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Rich Girl live at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, 8 February 2012:
Songfacts:
This is the first Hall & Oates single to hit #1 on the US Billboard Top 100, and it propelled them to superstardom. The character in this song is based on a real person, the spoiled heir to a fast food fortune who had dated Sara Allen, Daryl Hall’s longtime girlfriend. Her stories of him inspired Hall to write this song, but he had to change the character to a girl, since he was the one who would be singing it. According to Hall, his original lyric was:
He can rely on the old man’s money
He’s a rich guy
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/daryl-hall-john-oates/rich-girl
Lyrics
You’re a rich girl, and you’ve gone too far
‘Cause you know it don’t matter anyway
You can rely on the old man’s money
You can rely on the old man’s money
It’s a bitch girl but it’s gone too far
‘Cause you know it don’t matter anyway
Say money, but it won’t get you too far
Get you too far
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